Cherokee Lake | |
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Cherokee Reservoir | |
![]() Cherokee Lake near Bean Station, with the Clinch Mountain range in the background | |
Location | Grainger / Hamblen / Jefferson / Hawkins counties, Tennessee, United States |
Coordinates | 36°12′54″N 83°26′06″W / 36.2149°N 83.4350°W |
Type | Reservoir |
Primary inflows | Holston River |
Primary outflows | Holston River |
Basin countries | United States |
Managing agency | Tennessee Valley Authority |
Surface area | 28,780 acres (11,650 ha) |
Average depth | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
Water volume | 749,400 acre⋅ft (924,400,000 m3) |
Shore length1 | 400 mi (640 km) |
Settlements | Bean Station, Morristown, Jefferson City, Rogersville |
Website | www |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Cherokee Lake, also known as Cherokee Reservoir, is an artificial reservoir in the U.S. state of Tennessee formed by the impoundment of the Holston River behind Cherokee Dam.[1]